According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 84.53 square kilometres (32.64 sq mi)[2] constituting 7000464000000099999♠4.64% of the 1,821.42-square-kilometre- (703.25 sq mi) total area of Aklan.

The following headed the town from the American Period until the present under two different titles. On 18 March 1945, after the landing of the American Liberation Forces and Philippine Commonwealth troops in Panay, the Philippine Civil Affairs Unit appointed Dr. Boanerjes Venturanza as the first Municipal Mayor.[8]

At the religious sanctuary of Manduyog Hill, an annual pilgrimage is conducted on Good Friday. Devotees practise the 14 Stations of the Cross, pray the rosary, and light candles at each stop while climbing towards the peak where a 40m cross, sometimes lighted, is visible from due north to Kalibo and the nearby sea.